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| Harlequin tuskfish. Image ID: 12885 Species: Harlequin tuskfish, Choerodon fasciatus | California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Image ID: 23421 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | California Golden gorgonian, red gorgonian, sheephead. Image ID: 02533 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Lophogorgia chilensis, Semicossyphus pulcher Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head, Revilligigedos. Image ID: 05768 Species: Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia | Harlequin tuskfish. Image ID: 08846 Species: Harlequin tuskfish, Choerodon fasciatus | Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head. Image ID: 09606 Species: Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head. Image ID: 09609 Species: Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head. Image ID: 09618 Species: Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Cortez rainbow wrasse schooling over reef in mating display, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 27576 Species: Rainbow wrasse, Thalassoma lucasanum Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico |
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| California sheephead and golden gorgonian, giant kelp forest filters sunlight in the background, underwater. Image ID: 23449 Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher, Muricea californica Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | California sheephead and golden gorgonian, giant kelp forest filters sunlight in the background, underwater. Image ID: 23472 Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher, Muricea californica Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Sheephead and golden gorgonian, underwater in a kelp forest. Image ID: 23528 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Gorgonians grow on rocky reef, kelp forest and a white boat floating on the surface can be seen in the background, underwater. Image ID: 23537 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Mexican hogfish, female coloration, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 27499 Species: Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico | Cortez rainbow wrasse schooling over reef in mating display, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 27577 Species: Rainbow wrasse, Thalassoma lucasanum Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico |
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| Sheephead and golden gorgonian, underwater in a kelp forest. Image ID: 23586 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Klunzingers wrasse. Image ID: 11800 Species: Klunzinger's wrasse, Thalassoma rueppellii | Klunzingers wrasse. Image ID: 11801 Species: Klunzinger's wrasse, Thalassoma rueppellii |
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| Masked butterflyfish. Image ID: 11811 Species: Masked butterflyfish, Chaetodon semilarvatus | Harlequin tuskfish. Image ID: 12886 Species: Harlequin tuskfish, Choerodon fasciatus | Harlequin tuskfish. Image ID: 12887 Species: Harlequin tuskfish, Choerodon fasciatus |
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| Sixbar wrasse. Image ID: 12933 Species: Sixbar wrasse, Thalassoma hardwicke | Sixbar wrasse. Image ID: 12934 Species: Sixbar wrasse, Thalassoma hardwicke | Sixbar wrasse. Image ID: 12935 Species: Sixbar wrasse, Thalassoma hardwicke |
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| Island wrasse. Image ID: 12945 Species: Island wrasse, Thalassoma grammaticum | Island wrasse. Image ID: 12946 Species: Island wrasse, Thalassoma grammaticum | Unidentified wrasse fish. Image ID: 12953 |
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| Queen coris wrasse. Image ID: 12954 Species: Queen coris wrasse, Coris formosa | Redbreasted wrasse. Image ID: 12957 Species: Redbreasted wrasse, Cheilinus fasciatus | Blackstripe surgeonfish being cleaned by cleaner wrasse. Image ID: 12962 Species: Blackstripe surgeonfish, Acanthurus nigricaudas |
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